Leukocyte count influences the relationship of circulating resistin concentrations with advanced atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 989-990

  Dessein, P H ^a   Tsang, L ^a   Woodiwiss, A J ^a   Hsu, H C ^a   Norton, G R ^b   Solomon, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MILPARK HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; RESISTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RETN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UPREGULATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESISTIN; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84925283340     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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